Chapter 7:
*McCoy's POV*
That night when everyone has gone to bed, my worry and concern kept me up. Vital signs show me that she is stable, yet still remain unconsciousness. Pain level is now tolerable so that's a good sign.
I look over to her emotionless face, looking just like a female version of her annoying cousin. She wears her normal clothing and has her long beautiful hair out. Also let the marks show, Tribal looking black marks in a series of triangles.
"Are these marks causing you pain and spreading cancer in you?" I asked the beautiful hybrid.
Seeing her in extreme pain actually kills me inside. But yet I didn't feel fear or get scared when she transformed.
The monitor gives me all of T'Aimu's information like I requested. It shows me her birth certificate, education, and also a few videos? One plays to show me a rather cute five year old looking T'Aimu. She's reading a large Medical textbook. I chuckle when she looks up to the camera embarrassed, hiding her face in the textbook.
I continue on seeing the next videos of childhood. A couple of them has her playing Vulcan activities with her cousin.
Once the last video ends a published book's front cover appears. 'Vulcan Blood Runs Through Veins of a Creature by T'Aimu.' This caught my curiosity. It tells me her life as a hybrid, but also tells everything about the Creature and Vulcan cultures. Within many pages one line made my eyes grew big and wide.
'Although there's no permanent cure, but the touch of my one true soulmate is the cure.'
"Am I your soulmate?" I asked quietly.
T'Aimu's information disappears when I return to her bedside. The pain level steadies. I move my hand to her hand, but I stopped when there's a half an inch separating us. What if I am not her soulmate and the pain increases? Memories of my divorce appear back in my mind.
No! T'Aimu is nothing like my ex-wife at all! I need to know if the beauty before me is my one true soulmate. My love for T'Aimu grows stronger than anyone I have been with and if I am not her soul-. A soft, cold hand wrap its fingers around mine.
Looking down, the hand belongs to T'Aimu. The pain level is at the bottom meaning she's experiencing no pain! I look down to her emotionless face, but closer now, gently feel her steady breathing. Her subconscious mind knew about us being soul mates, destined to be together.
I gently touch her cheek with my free hand. Slowly and gently I pressed my lips against her forehead.
"Get better soon my one true soulmate," I whispered.
*Midday, next day*
Piles of paperwork are slowly being done. Visitors from pretty much everywhere on the ship comes into Sickbay, mainly to see how T'Aimu is doing. Of course, each one will leave with sadness on their shoulders.
"Do you know when Dr. T'Aimu will wake up?" Sulu asked the one question that everyone has on everyone's mind.
"I don't know," I sighed, getting annoyed with having that question.
"We'll come back later," Uruha says, "sorry that we disturbed you."
"It's alright."
I let out another sigh when they leave. T'Aimu is like friends with everyone and I mean with everyone.
*Evening*
My hand writes down with all of the steady health information on T'Aimu's charts. It has been nearly twenty four hours since the incident and yet she still hasn't awaken. Now I'm still not quite familiar with Creatures, but only know very little from her writings.
I find myself deep within my thoughts until something moves. T'Aimu stirs a little, waking up. She raises up an arm to her eyes as she stretches to wake up more.
"Hey T'Aimu," I greeted softly with a smile, "how are you feeling?"
"Thirsty and hungry," the beautiful female answers, sounding like she has a dry mouth.
"I'll get some water and something for you to eat."
"Thank you," she smiles weakly to me.
"You're very welcome T'Aimu," I smiled a little more.
I left the Sickbay and head towards the Mess Hall. T'Aimu's favorite food is on a tray with some water. My love for her is definitely strong, but yet I always wonder how can she eat such food?
Upon my return, T'Aimu hasn't moved from her position, but the expression on her face shows she's thinking hard.
"I brought you some water and food."
She didn't say another word, but she did look over to me. The bed rises so she can be sitting up. T'Aimu quickly eats the food, letting her not be malnourished, but not too fast. I join her with our dinner by having some whisky..
"Dr. McCoy?" T'Aimu speaks after a taking a moment.
"Yes Dr. T'Aimu?"
"Why does the captain call you 'Bones'? Is the Skeletal System your favorite system?"
I chuckled a little. She must know the truth. "Although the Skeletal System is a good system, but that's not the reason why he calls me that."
"Then why does he call you that?"
"Well I was married before with a child, but it wasn't going well. So a divorce was made. My ex-wife took everything from me only leaving my bones per say."
"But why would she do such things?"
"She wanted to be the one in charge of the relationship," I let out a sigh.
She gives me a rather confused look. "Why would females be in control of the relationships? In the Creature culture and also the Vulcan culture, males are the ones in control of the relationships."
"Really?"
"Yes, we prefer it like that."
"On Earth, in relationships are being controlled by whoever they choose, many has the females in charged."
"Your Earthly culture is rather strange," she comments, taking a sip of her drink, "yet everyone deserves a second chance."
"Now it is my turn to ask a question," I said, placing my drink on the end table, "do you remember anything that has happened?"
"I remember that the captain calls for us to meet him and Cousin Spock to check out a planet, but turns out to be the Home Planet of Monsters. We were captured and managed to escape, but that's all I remember."
"You transformed into your true form and the planet was destroyed."
The look on her face was calm, but now it is in pure terror. "Wh-What did you s-say?"
"Your true form has came out and the Monster Home Planet is destroyed."
T'Aimu is in disbelief. Vital signs are going crazy like she's having a break down.
"T'Aimu?" I asked, trying to calm her down.
"I destroyed a planet?" she finally says.
"T'Aimu, it's okay."
"Not it's not!" Tears begin to run down her face. "I broke Mommy's promise to not end up like the Home Planet."
All of a sudden she stood up from the bed and ran out of the Sickbay.
"Wait T'Aimu!" I called for her, but she was gone.
